What's wrong with me is that what's her name (the Italian journalist) was an avowed anti-American, and IMHO was in cahoots with the terrorists in Iraq. She successfully set up a ruse to get them 5 million dollars. It's a shame a brave Italian special services man dies instead of her.
Extortion gambit is part and parcel of AL Harb ..[House of war]
Balian surrendered Jerusalem to Saladin,...but only after repeated negotiations.
Many of Jerusalems inhabitants and Crusaders where able to come up with the Islamic debt/tax.
others were not.....and went into slavery.
This is Islams fortay when not facing Infidel on the battlefield.
some past and current extortionist have shown that the Islamic demand is table run today.
Yasser Arafat,Mussaraf of Pakistan...even Pharoah Hoser Mubarak.
Having Liberal nar do wells running around only enables the dream state of Islam.
Thats partly why Iran wants Nukes so bad.....nukes = money.
At some point in the Future,Islam will march on Jerusalem after the extortion peters out.
As Saladin coments....."Truly"